Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:

> Wholesale trade Statistics Canada will release wholesale trade and manufacturing numbers for November on Tuesday. The federal agency said wholesale sales rose 1.0% to $63.8 billion in October, more than offsetting a 0.7% decline in September.

> CP earnings CP Rail releases its fourth-quarter (Q4) results on Wednesday. Analysts said both CP and rival CN Rail are well positioned to weather potential economic headwinds and the U.S.-China trade war as ongoing investments in new cars and track bolster crude-by-rail and commodities shipments.

> Retail sales Statistics Canada will release retail trade figures for November on Wednesday. Retail sales increased 0.3% to $51.0 billion in October, topping expectations for an increase of 0.4%.

> Welcome to Whistler CIBC’s Annual Whistler Institutional Investor Conference kicks off on Wednesday. CIBC decided to cancel the oil and gas part of the conference after Whistler town council took part in a letter-writing campaign in December demanding oil companies compensate it for its costs related to climate change. The mayor subsequently apologized.